Laura Benanti
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1979-07-15 (45 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Laura Benanti
Biography
Laura Benanti (born July 15, 1979) is an American actress and singer.
Over the course of her Broadway career, she has received five Tony Award nominations. She played Louise in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, winning the 2008 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2016 she starred in She Loves Me as Amalia Balash, which was televised.
She played Elsa Schräder in the 2013 NBC television production of The Sound of Music Live!, appeared as Sadie Stone in Nashville in 2014 and 2015 and that same year began playing twin sisters Alura and Astra in the TV series Supergirl. Beginning in 2017, Benanti appeared as Edie Randall in the TBS comedy The Detour. Since 2016, she has had a recurring role as First Lady Melania Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
Kinda Pregnant
as Daisy's Mom
(2025)
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Tallulah Bankhead
(2024)
Goodrich
as Naomi
(2024)
The Shade
as Renee Beckman
(2023)
No Hard Feelings
as Allison Becker
(2022)
(2022)
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
as Self (pre-recorded video)
(2021)
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Judy
(2021)
Worth
as Karen Donato
(2021)
Here Today
as Francine
(2020)
(2020)
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020
as Self - Host
(2017)
Tangled: Before Ever After
as Lady Caine (voice)
(2017)
(2016)
She Loves Me
as Amalia
(2016)
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
as Melania Trump
(2014)
Russian Broadway Shut Down
as Sophia
(2013)
The Sound of Music Live!
as Baroness Elsa Schrader
(2010)
As Blood Runs Deep
as Allison Connor
(2010)
(2010)
(2006)
Take the Lead
as Tina
(2006)
Falling for Grace
as Alexandra
(2005)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Cinderella (segment "Into the Woods") (archive footage)
Crew
(2020)